Hearing him say this, I was stunned for a moment, and the person in front of me seemed to have some ability, so I asked him, "Why did it attract bad luck?" ”

He shook his head and said: "This kind of thing, handed down from our ancestors, we are just ordinary farmers, in addition to carrying coffins, we usually have to make some agricultural and sideline products, how can we have time to study this thing." ”

What he said was the truth, the Eight Immortals were usually no different from ordinary farmers, and only when they were dead, they would say the Eight Immortals.

I didn't ask any more questions, but I looked at this man a few times. Liu Kai dared to say that he monopolized the funeral of our town, there should be a capable person by his side, otherwise, he would not dare to say this, and this person is a capable person by his side nine times out of ten. After all, his conversation was much stronger than that of the average Eight Immortals.

Thinking of this, I treated him with some respect, invited him to the left side of the mourning hall, sat on a wooden bench, and chatted with him for a while. In the chat, I knew that his name was Liu Weimin, and he used to have his own group of eight immortals like Lao Wang, and was later accepted by Liu Kai and became the 'military advisor' next to Liu Kai.

We chatted in the mourning hall for about 20 minutes, Guo Fatzi and they came over with a bowl of rice, I briefly introduced Liu Weimin to them, hurriedly picked up a few mouthfuls of rice to fill their stomachs, made a call to the thin monkey, and asked him to lead the eight immortals over and prepare to seal the coffin.

To do these things well, we were a little bored sitting in the mourning hall, discussing how to deal with Yu Jianhao's body, according to the custom on our side, the child's body was directly wrapped and dug a pit and buried.

They asked me what I was going to do with it, and I said, "Do it according to custom."

However, he stammered and objected, he said: "The child is also a human being, just dig a pit and bury it, it's a little inhumane, let's make a coffin for him, after all, Boss Yu's one million still has a lot of money left." ”

I thought for a moment and said, "No, the funeral must be done according to the rules of the ancestors, and breaking the rules will destroy Feng Shui." ”

"Brother Jiu, this is too cruel, just a coffin doesn't cost much." I stammered thinking I was worried about money.

"It's not a matter of money, since the ancestors, the child's body has been disposed of like this, I know that it is inhumane to bury the child like this, but the rules of the ancestors are like this, we must follow the rules, even if the rules are wrong, we still have to do this, this cannot be changed." I'll explain it to him.

"Brother Jiu, I think it's reasonable to stammer, children are also people, why are they buried wrapped in a mat?" Guo Fatzi said angrily on the side.

"No, you have to follow the rules." Without any hesitation, I rejected their proposal, and in my heart, the rules handed down by my ancestors were above all else.

"Brother Jiu, that Yu Jianhao is your cousin, you buried him like this, don't be afraid that your aunt will find you something!" Guo Fatzi said again.

"Yes, that little boy is your cousin, so you can't change the rules? It's good to use a small coffin, the coffin is small, the tomb is also small, and now send someone to dig it, and there is time to do it. Stammering glanced at me and said.

What they said is not unreasonable, but I am a tendon, and I am a tendon in the funeral, I am relying on the gourd to draw a scoop, slowly speaking, and said: "Even if it is a brother, you have to do it according to the rules, I believe that the ancestors must have considered this problem when they set this rule, since it has been handed down and buried like this, then there is their reason." If we use a coffin to bury the little boy, if we don't do it well, we will invite disaster, and in the end, the little boy will not have a good life in the underworld, and there will be no peace in the yang world, so the gains outweigh the losses. ”

After speaking, I glanced at the two of them, and they seemed to want to say something, so I stopped and said, "Don't talk about it, Yu Jianhao's body will be handled according to the rules handed down by the ancestors, and early tomorrow morning, find an eight immortals to carry his body to the burial." ”

"Brother Jiu!"

"Brother Jiu!"

Guo Fatzi and the stammering two spoke at the same time, and stammered and asked, "Is there a tactful way?" ”

I shook my head and said, no.

At this time, Liu Weimin, who had been listening, made a move, he stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder of the stammer, and said: "Young man, there is a reason for the rules handed down by the ancestors. ”

"And then?" Stammered and asked suspiciously.

"The day after the child was buried, his parents both went to the hospital, and the couple never left the wheelchair since then, such an example, not only this one, as far as our circle of eight immortals is concerned, many eight immortals have done this kind of thing, and there have been problems to a greater or lesser extent."

As he spoke, he glanced at me approvingly and said, "Chen Baxian has done a good job in this, and he will do it according to the rules of his ancestors, only in this way will there be no chaos." ”

Guo Fatzi Fat Man nodded thoughtfully with Stammer, didn't say anything, just stammered and looked at Yu Jianhao's corpse, with a hint of pity in his eyes.

I reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "This is the rule, it looks inhumane, but it is actually good for the child in the next life." ”

"Hmm!" He nodded.

Afterwards, we chatted in the mourning hall for a while, about one o'clock in the middle of the night, the thin monkey led a few eight immortals in, I roughly counted them, together with the eight immortals that Liu Weimin and I brought a total of seventeen eight immortals.

We got busy in the mourning hall, first put the little boy's body in order, put him in a shroud, put it on the left side of the door of the mourning hall, and arranged for Liu Weimin to bring a Eight Immortals to be responsible for burying the little boy's body.

As soon as the little boy's body was arranged, he stammered over and asked uneasily: "Brother Jiu, you said eight lifts and eight trusts in the afternoon, and that person buried the child, we only have fifteen eight immortals, which is not enough for the number." ”

I pointed to myself and said, "With me, it's exactly sixteen Eight Immortals." ”

"Then who is leading the way and scattering yellow paper?" He asked.

"Let those Taoist priests come!" I said lightly, as for the way my father said it, I don't want to tell them for the time being, mainly because I am afraid that they will have a psychological burden.

He let out an 'oh' and asked me what to do next. I was quite satisfied with the stammering question, and he would ask a few words when he didn't understand something. And Guo Fatzi's goods, who have been by my side for so long, except for playing with mobile phones or mobile phones, I didn't ask much about carrying the coffin, and many times, I regretted calling him in on impulse.

It wasn't until later that I learned that everyone has a so-called 'enlightenment period', which is what ordinary families call 'this child has finally grown up and started to be sensible'. It's just that Guo Fatzi's enlightenment period is a little late.

I smiled and said to him: "Next, seal the coffin, there are some details and rituals in the middle, you can see it clearly, keep it in mind, and in the future, when you encounter a funeral, I am not around, you can also hold the banner alone." ”